Abandon squad/section levels of organization?

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Of course would prefer to see both modified to provide downward ejection alongside - or via a chute in - the belt container. Also as a lesser priority belt-feed from left and right sides. Plus immediate alternate use preferably in either belt-feed slot of say a 30-round box mag. ..... etc

The above was an effort at humour and easy to misread despite the "..... etc. "
Addition of a wishlist of nice-to-have features is a sure way to turn a good basic design into a poor system.

The Israelis are keen on prophylactic fire. Hence their NG7 must carry its belt containers of up to 200 rounds – wide and about 7kg full – centrally below the receiver. That makes downward ejection difficult to arrange. Belt feed is from the left with ejection to the right and non-reversible as is appropriate for a LMG. A box magazine can be attached below as an alternate to the belt container.

The fanciful wishlist can be reduced to a single nice-to-have. Either downward ejection or if that is impractical it could for concealment and left-handed gunners be useful to add a ready attach/detach deflector to force right-side ejected cases downward. But any sensible D and E team would have assessed both already. The Israelis with a well-earned reputation for good sense must have assessed both as troublesome. And the wishlist then has no genuine entries.

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The Israelis are keen on prophylactic fire. Hence their NG7 must carry its belt containers of up to 200 rounds – wide and about 7kg full – centrally below the receiver. That makes downward ejection difficult to arrange. Belt feed is from the left with ejection to the right and non-reversible as is appropriate for a LMG. A box magazine can be attached below as an alternate to the belt container.

OK in a blurb on the NG7 I misread " Ammo. box, Assault drum " as ' Ammo: Box, Assault drum '.

The NG7 does not accept box magazines. Take one point off me, and one off the NG7.